Seeing Sokov staring at the map in a daze again, Chuikov guessed that the other party might be considering some countermeasures, so he made a gesture to Krylov, telling him not to disturb Sokov's thinking. Krylov nodded understandingly.
, then pulled Chuikov aside and asked in a low voice: "Comrade Commander, do you really think Sokov can come up with any good ideas?"
Chuikov glanced at Sokov, who was in a state of deep thought, nodded slightly, and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, you should know that Sokov often uses unique ideas in commanding operations to achieve unexpected results, otherwise I wouldn't
Call him to the headquarters specifically. Just wait, he won't let us down."
But Krylov didn't seem to have as much confidence in Sokov as Chuikov. After hearing what Chuikov said, he just said absently: "I hope so!"
With no one to disturb him, it took Sokov a full ten minutes to come up with a relatively reliable plan. He looked up at Chuikov who was busy not far away and said: "Comrade Commander, I have thought of a way.
Already."
When Chuikov heard that Sokov had thought of a solution, his eyes suddenly lit up. He pushed the battle report he was reading into the hands of the staff officer beside him, walked quickly to Sokov, and asked loudly: "Colonel Sokov
, what is the method, please tell me quickly and listen."
Krylov also heard what Sokov said, but he was taking an important call and couldn't walk away for the time being. He could only be anxious, but there was nothing he could do.
"Comrade Commander," Sokov looked at Sokov and said, "I think about it this way. Since the German army has attacked the two factories so fiercely in the past two days, the ammunition required must be an astronomical figure. So much.
The ammunition they can carry must be limited, and the rest must be stored not far from the battlefield..."
Before Sokov finished speaking, Chuikov understood what he meant: "Colonel Sokov, what do you mean, is that we send people to find the enemy's arsenal and destroy it, so that we can weaken the enemy's attack?"
"
Seeing that Chuikov understood what he meant, Sokov nodded and said affirmatively: "Yes, Comrade Commander, that's what I mean. As long as we blow up the German army's inventory of munitions, their attack will be launched in a short time."
Time will come to a standstill, and then we will have time to re-consolidate our defenses."
"Colonel Sokov, you have a good idea." After answering the phone, Krylov came over and said to Sokov: "But since you can think of this, then the Germans must also be able to think of it. Since arms are
To guarantee their attack, I think the area around the arsenal must be heavily guarded. Even if we send a small force there, the chance of success is low."
"You are right, Comrade Chief of Staff." Regarding Krylov's statement, Sokov did not argue with him, but followed his words. After a pause, he added: "Although we sent
If we go to sneak attack the enemy's arsenal, we may not succeed, and even the small troops sent may not come back. But if we don't send people, we won't be able to pose any threat to the enemy."
Regarding what Sokov said, Chuikov was silent for a long time before he said: "Colonel Sokov, you are right. Although the small team we sent has a small chance of successfully blowing up the enemy's ammunition depot,
But after all, there is some hope of success, so we have to try. As long as the enemy's ammunition depot is destroyed, the situation at the barricade factory and the Dzerzhinsky factory can be temporarily alleviated."
"But, Comrade Commander." Seeing that Chuikov agreed to Sokov's proposal, Krylov said awkwardly: "We don't have the troops at all to carry out this task."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, call Major Gladshev." Chuikov seemed to have already considered the candidate. As soon as Krylov finished speaking, he said without hesitation: "Let him come from the guard camp.
Allocate manpower and form a small team to carry out a sneak attack on the enemy's rear arsenal."
"It's very difficult, Comrade Commander." Krylov sighed and said: "The guard battalion has selected two companies to go to the battle area. Now it is responsible for the headquarters' security mission, with only one company's strength. If we choose another company from among them,
By redeploying manpower, the headquarters' security force will become even weaker. If there is another sneak attack like today, the headquarters may be taken over by the enemy."
When Krylov and Chuikov discussed whether to send soldiers from the guard battalion to sneak into the enemy's rear to attack the ammunition depot, Sokov kept muttering in his heart: If manpower was transferred from the guard battalion, Major Gladshev would have to shrink the defense.
area, otherwise if the enemy comes over again, they will not be able to stop it. Do you need to volunteer yourself and take the initiative to take on the task of sneak attack on the German arsenal?
Although Krylov has repeatedly emphasized the shortage of troops, Chuikov seems determined to let the soldiers of the guard battalion perform this task: "Chief of Staff, let the staff and logistics personnel organized by Colonel Zaldyuk, the chief of the operations department, come
Assist the guard battalion to be responsible for the security work of the headquarters. In this way, Major Gladshev can mobilize capable personnel and form small teams to carry out tasks deep behind enemy lines."
Regarding Chuikov's arrangement, Krylov hesitated for a while, finally nodded, and said helplessly: "Okay, Comrade Commander, I will call Colonel Zaldyuk over immediately and ask him to immediately mobilize staff and logistics personnel.
,Assist the guard battalion to strengthen the defense of the headquarters."
Seeing that Krylov picked up the phone and seemed to be preparing to call Zalijuk over to assign a task, Sokov became a little bit impatient. He transferred personnel from the group army guard camp to form a small team, which would not only weaken the defense here
strength, and this small team has no experience in fighting behind enemy lines, it is still unknown whether it can complete the mission.
It was based on this consideration that Sokov felt that he, the instigator, could no longer remain silent, so he quickly stopped him and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, please wait a moment!"
Krylov glanced at Sokov in surprise and asked, "Colonel, what's the matter?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov said hesitantly, "I think the current security force of the headquarters is too weak. If something happens here, the entire army will fall into chaos because of the loss of unified command. I think,
Such a task can be completely entrusted to our division."
After Krylov waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he looked at Chuikov and then looked at Sokov again and asked: "Colonel, I won't embarrass you too much, right?"
When Krylov and Chuikov looked at each other, Sokov saw the flash of sly smiles on their faces, and immediately realized that he might have been deceived. The two people in front of him were just acting for him. But after a few words
It was obviously impossible to go back on my words, so I could only bite the bullet and reply: "It's not difficult, it's not difficult at all. We are confident to complete any tasks assigned to us by our superiors."
Seeing that Sokov had taken the bait, Chuikov suppressed a smile and said: "Okay, Colonel Sokov, since you took the initiative to request such a mission, in order not to dampen your enthusiasm, I will agree to your request. You can do it now."
Go back to the troops and deploy, and try to eliminate the enemy's ammunition depot as soon as possible."
Sokov, who was dumbfounded, agreed bravely, raised his hand and saluted Chuikov and Krylov, turned around and walked out of the headquarters. Looking at Sokov's back, Krylov asked Chuikov in a low voice
: "Comrade Commander, if Colonel Sokov keeps pretending to be deaf and mute, can we really transfer manpower from the guard battalion to carry out tasks behind the enemy's rear?"
Chuikov smiled proudly and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, it seems you still don't understand Colonel Sokov. Since this plan to sneak attack the enemy's ammunition depot was proposed by him, he must have already sent troops to execute it.
Preparation for the mission. Therefore, regardless of whether the two of us act as gangsters in this scene, it will not affect the final result."
Krylov raised his finger at Chuikov and said approvingly: "Comrade Commander, you are amazing. You actually understand Colonel Sokov so thoroughly that you can even guess his little thoughts."
"I think he will soon understand that we are acting for him." Although there was a possibility that Sokov would find out about this matter, Chuikov had no intention of thinking about it at this time. He quickly turned his attention to
At the two factories that were under fierce attack by the German army: "Chief of Staff, do you have the latest battle reports from the Barricade Factory and Dzerzhinsky Factory?"
"Not yet." Krylov shook his head and said, "I'll call and ask..."
Sokov walked out of the headquarters, and Samoilov, who was waiting outside, immediately came forward and asked: "Comrade division commander, you have come out, where should we go next?"
"Go back to Mamayev Heights."
"Go back to Mamayev Heights?" Samoilov thought Sokov would say go back to the Red October Factory, and couldn't help being stunned: "Comrade Commander, why is this?"
"Our superiors have assigned us an important combat mission." Sokov said helplessly: "I have to go back to Mamayev Heights to arrange manpower to carry out the mission."
When he heard that there was a combat mission, Samoilov couldn't help but trembled, and asked with some vigilance: "Comrade division commander, the commander will not let us mobilize troops again, but assist the troops somewhere in the defense, right?"
"That's not true." Since the task to be assigned next was not a secret, Sokov did not hide it from Samoilov: "The commander asked us to send a small force deep into the enemy's rear, but the bomb exploded
Destroy their ammunition depots."
"Comrade Division Commander, we have several troops behind enemy lines. If we want to carry out any combat missions, we only need to give them orders directly. Why bother to go there in person?"
"I'm worried that none of them will be able to complete this mission, but will cause unnecessary casualties in vain." Sokov said with a serious expression: "So I must go back and reorganize a new team to carry out this arduous task.